Chhath Puja 1950
The Sun and Chhathi Maiya worshipped at riverbanks, Kartika Shukla Shashthi.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)06:15
- Sunset17:10
- Fasting window (tithi)1950-11-14 · 12:01 → 10:02
- Parana (tithi ends)10:02
Festival days follow the classical attribution rules — udaya (sunrise), pradosha (evening), nishita (midnight), madhyahna or aparahna vyapini as each festival prescribes — computed for Kashi/Varanasi (IST). Regional observance can differ by a day in some years.
Read the Chhath Puja puja vidhi, vrat rules and kathaChhath Puja — Frequently Asked Questions
Why is arghya offered to the setting sun first?
Chhath is nearly unique in worshipping the setting sun before the rising one. The sun is thanked as it declines, on the evening of Shashthi, and greeted as it returns the following dawn on Saptami.
How long is the Chhath fast?
Roughly thirty-six hours without food or water, beginning after the Kharna meal on the second evening and ending only after the Usha Arghya on the fourth morning.
Why is no salt used in the Chhath prasad?
Thekua and the offerings are made in a state of strict purity — no salt, nothing tasted while cooking, and the fire is a mud stove fed with mango wood.
Other major festivals in 1950
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 1950
- Vasant Panchami — 23 January 1950
- Maha Shivaratri — 15 February 1950
- Holika Dahan — 3 March 1950
- Holi — 5 March 1950
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 19 March 1950
- Ram Navami — 28 March 1950
- Akshaya Tritiya — 20 April 1950
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 17 July 1950
- Guru Purnima — 29 July 1950
- Nag Panchami — 18 August 1950
- Raksha Bandhan — 27 August 1950
- Krishna Janmashtami — 4 September 1950
- Hartalika Teej — 14 September 1950
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 15 September 1950
- Anant Chaturdashi — 25 September 1950
- Pitru Paksha begins — 27 September 1950
- Sharad Navratri begins — 12 October 1950
- Durga Ashtami — 18 October 1950
- Maha Navami — 19 October 1950
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 20 October 1950
- Karwa Chauth — 29 October 1950
- Dhanteras — 7 November 1950
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 9 November 1950
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 9 November 1950
- Govardhan Puja — 10 November 1950
- Bhai Dooj — 11 November 1950
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 24 November 1950
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 24 November 1950
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